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Beersheba : A Journey Through Australia's Forgotten War
by UnknownISBN13:
9780522857962
ISBN10:
0522857965
Format:
Trade Paper
Pub. Date:
1/1/2012
Publisher(s):
Melbourne University Publishing
List Price: $30.88
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Summary
Blending the past with the present, this well-researched study delves into the mystery surrounding the forgotten Battle of Beersheba, a gloriously successful battle that led to the liberation of Jerusalem and the fall of the Ottoman Empire. This record recounts how Australian and New Zealand Army Corps captured Beersheba and helped to pave the way for the founding of Israel. Documenting the last light-horse charge ever made in battle through soldiers' diaries and descendents, this history details the story of a unique conflict during World War I, as well as the Australian and international significance of the Battle of Beersheba.
Table of Contents
| Composition of the imperial mounted troops | p. xi |
| Map of the Charge of Beersheba | p. xii |
| Map of the light horse battlefields | p. xii |
| Prologue | p. 1 |
| Towards Beersheba | |
| Hebron Road | p. 15 |
| Bushmen of the Empire | p. 30 |
| Sideshow in Sinai | p. 46 |
| Mystery Joe | p. 64 |
| Legends of Romani | p. 70 |
| Ghosts of the desert | p. 88 |
| Badlands | p. 101 |
| The Bull arrives | p. 116 |
| Beersheba | p. 124 |
| Neck or nothing | p. 142 |
| At rest in Israel | |
| Oasis for the dead | p. 163 |
| Fathers and sons | p. 189 |
| Serendipity | p. 207 |
| Cobbers | p. 216 |
| Hoarding the legend | p. 231 |
| Inside Jaffa Gate | p. 249 |
| Desert dogs | p. 264 |
| The hand of God | p. 272 |
| Last drinks | p. 290 |
| Waiting for rockets | p. 299 |
| Cop this, dear Jacko | p. 312 |
| A terrible thing | |
| The massacre | p. 327 |
| Allenby and the Anzacs | p. 347 |
| A real bad thing | p. 365 |
| Inconvenient truth | p. 374 |
| Burying the past | p. 387 |
| Blood money | p. 393 |
| A bastard of a place | p. 407 |
| Epilogue | p. 414 |
| Acknowledgements | p. 421 |
| Notes | p. 426 |
| Index | p. 441 |
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